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Bungie showed a lot of its hand at its June 9 presentation – which you can catch up on here (opens in new tab) – and all of it sends one clear message: Destiny 2 isn’t going anywhere, but it is going to change dramatically. Bungie isn’t interested in starting …

I live in the United States – a massive, geographically diverse country – and I haven’t seen most of it.  I’ve never witnessed a tornado rip through the flatlands of the Midwest, or held Pacific Northwest soil in my hands, or walked the Appalachian mountain range that spans states not …

It feels as if we might just get to see the PS5 (opens in new tab) in the plastic flesh next week, so we asked our team to show us their designs for the next-generation console. When we got the images back, we remembered that none of them were hired …

Pets are great, and right now having a furry friend in the house with you makes quarantine a little easier. But what about having a pet from one of your favorite video games? Would you want your own ‘Mon to bring around everywhere, or a pet that can help make …

It’s hard not to look at Bloober’s new game, The Medium, and think they’ve just decided to make their own Silent HIll game. It makes sense. If Konami isn’t going to do it someone has to. It’s got all the hallmarks of the series: an otherworld that seeps into reality, …

Read more (Image credit: Sony Santa Monica) How the best PlayStation exclusives learn from each other to achieve greatness (opens in new tab) Say what you want about the zombies, cannibals, and excessive levels of irradiation, but video game apocalypses often paint a far too generous portrait of earth’s future. …

The Star Wars universe is full of heroes, villains, a slug-like crime lords, but who would you want as a lockdown buddy? Kylo Ren might seem fun at first, but you know he’s going to get all moody on day two and start screaming at the TV. Rey seems like …

Games are taking longer to make. Resolution, animation quality, the sheer demands of simply making a game world believable are all increasing, and that means AAA games require more time, more work, and more people to even brush the expectations of the average gamer. You want to exceed those expectations? …

Read more (Image credit: Naughty Dog) How The Last of Us HBO series can improve upon one of the game’s most overlooked characters (opens in new tab) You’re allowed to be upset about The Last of Us 2 delay (opens in new tab). Yes, there’s far worse things happening in …

The Gulag, a mid-game mission in Modern Warfare 2, should be talked in the sort of hushed, reverent tones that Infinity Ward’s best levels are. You know, the way people talk about All Ghillied Up from the original Modern Warfare. Both levels are the defining moments of their story, both …